The Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request that representatives of the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies form a group to examine and discuss the issue and come up with concrete proposals for the consideration of the Sub-Committee on Project Review at its next meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1, Decision 22/2, para. 39).
The Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee noted that the Sub-Committee on Project Review proposed to take up, at its next meeting, the following issues:
“the provision of replacement equipment constituted a technological upgrade in relation to the baseline conditions of enterprises for which retrofit of existing equipment was not feasible;
“that unavoidable technological upgrade was to be taken into account in determining eligible incremental costs”.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/68, Decision 25/48, para. 85 (a)).
The Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the baseline concept be adopted and implemented selectively, through application of Decision 18/25 on technological upgrade utilizing pro-rating of equipment costs, to the specific circumstances indicated below, and with the methodologies as also indicated:
For the domestic and commercial refrigeration and rigid polyurethane foam sub-sectors:
(i) the incremental cost of providing new foam machines where these are essential for conversion and none exist in the baseline should be based on either the difference between the cost of a low-pressure and a high-pressure foam machine, where a high-pressure machine is essential, or, alternatively, an agreed percentage of the cost of a low-pressure machine;
(ii) for foam machines nearing the end of their useful life, the incremental cost of conversion should be based on the cost, from the same supplier, of a new machine, from which has been deducted the cost of a replacement ODS-technology machine, or a proportion thereof calculated according to Decision 18/25;
(iii) for foam machines in all other circumstances, the incremental cost of conversion should be based on the cost of retrofitting similar machines available through international bidding.
the incremental cost of conversion of existing solvent cleaning machines to use non-CFC or non-TCA solvents should be based on the cost of retrofitting similar machines available through international bidding (excluding conversion to aqueous/semi-aqueous technology which requires different equipment).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/68, Decision 25/48, para. 85(b)).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/55).
The Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) unavoidable technological upgrade was to be taken into account in determining eligible incremental costs;
(b) as an example of the procedure to be followed, in the domestic and commercial refrigeration and rigid polyurethane foam subsectors, the incremental cost of providing new foam machines where they were essential for conversion and none existed in the baseline, should be based on either the difference between the cost of a low-pressure and a high-pressure foam machine, where a high-pressure machine was essential, or, alternatively, an agreed percentage of the cost of a low-pressure machine;
(c) the guidelines in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above should be applied for a period of one year, after which the issue could be brought forward again to the Executive Committee for further guidance, as pertinent.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/26/70, Decision 26/37, para. 64).